XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 23:09:36 -0500, Paul wrote:   
      
      
   > In Canada, we use "proscribed burns" to edit the forest. And these days,   
   > the conditions in the forest are not always suitable for this. In the   
   > old days,   
   > a proscribed burn was done in the knowledge it wasn't going to burn into   
   > the roots. It would clear undergrowth, the trees would be killed, but   
   > the seed sitting on the ground, would re-seed the recovery of the   
   > forested section. You would not even need to go in and plant saplings.   
      
   Then there are the controlled burns that turn out to be not so   
   controlled :)   
      
   > Nobody would ever for a moment, contemplate being on the ground with a   
   > rake, or a chainsaw editing saplings. That's totally unrealistic. You   
   > would process 0.01% of the land mass every year. What an accomplishment.   
   > Maybe we could throw a million refrigerators in the arctic ocean while   
   > we are at it. Let your imagination run away with you.   
   >   
      
   https://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee127/leeha1959/   
   HomeliteSuperWiz66003.jpg   
      
   Brush bows are fun! There have been some areas here that had commercial   
   thinning that involved a lot of hands on work, but they were limited in   
   size and in recreational sites.   
      
   There are many tracts that have accumulated a lot of fuel after years of   
   fire suppression but I think they're a bit afraid to light them off.   
   Trying to control them would be miserable.   
      
   I have spent some time in the forest with a rake:   
      
   https://www.allhandsfire.com/Mcloud-Tool-Wood   
      
   and I still have a Pulaski:   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulaski_(tool)   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/   
   Edward_Pulaski_Tunnel_and_Placer_Creek_Escape_Route   
      
   I've been on that trail. There are quite a few mines like that that never   
   paid out and were abandoned and Pulaski was lucky to know about that one.   
   Still, it takes a lot of self control to shelter in a mine and hope for   
   the best, but it's better than climbing into a Shaken'Bake I guess.   
      
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